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Daily Archives: February 13, 2018

Jewish snowboarder Arielle Gold wins bronze in the halfpipe

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BONGPYEONG, South Korea — Shout it from the top of Mount Werner: Gold wins bronze! Arielle Gold added another medal to the long, rich Olympic legacy of Steamboat Springs by finishing third Tuesday in the...
>By The White House [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

US seeks to increase aid to Israel by $200M in 2019, advance Jerusalem embassy...

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The annual funding Israel receives from the United States may be increased by $200 million in 2019, according to President Donald Trump’s fiscal year budget request.  Israel is expected to receive $3.3 billion in...

Couples who save lives together form lasting bonds together

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While matchmaking is not something often considered a priority in the world of emergency medical services, a good number of volunteer first responders have not only met on the job, but also go out...

Israeli Startup MercuRemoval Wins 1st Place In LA Cleantech Open Awards

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Israeli cleantech startup MercuRemoval won first place in the seed track of the 2017 Global Ideas competition at the Cleantech Open awards, held in Los Angeles last week, the company announced in a statement. The environmental firm...

Joint statement by the Nordic Jewish Communities concerning the proposed anti-circumcision legislation in Iceland

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We, the Jewish Communities in the Nordic countries strongly protest the proposed legislation banning Brit Milah, the Jewish tradition of neonatal circumcision of boys. Iceland would be the only country to ban one of the...

Veiled Meanings: An Artist’s Response

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The Jewish Museum’s current exhibition, Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, showcases more than 100 articles of clothing that attest to the diversity of Jewish communities around the world,...

Hassan Chalghoumi, un imam menacé par différentes mouvances de l’islam radical

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Hassan Chalghoumi, imam de Drancy et président de la Conférence des imams de France, est jusqu’à aujourd’hui la cible de menaces, notamment en France, tant de la part des partisans de l’Etat islamique, pour...

Israel advocates mobilize to defend Arizona’s anti-BDS law following setback in Kansas

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During the last few years, more than 20 U.S. states have targeted the BDS movement with legislation aimed at preventing state entities from doing business with companies that seek to boycott Israel. Many pro-Israel...

Paul McCartney wins Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize

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Famed singer-songwriter and former Beatles bass guitarist Paul McCartney was announced as one of this year’s nine recipients of Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize. In announcing the winners, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said that “together with...

White House denies Netanyahu’s claim of talks on Israeli settlement annexation deal

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The White House on Monday denied Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that he is in talks with the Trump administration on the annexation of Israeli settlements. “Reports that the United States discussed with Israel an annexation...